US President Donald Trump vowed to hit back hard at Iran after it attacked US bases in Jordan on Wednesday, as the Middle East war reignited and once again drew in the Islamic republic’s proxies. The warning came after a lull in the fighting — that had spurred hopes of a return to negotiations — […]
Read MoreSob forte pressão de Washington, Cuba anunciou nesta quarta-feira (29) a abertura de amplos setores de sua economia à iniciativa privada, como postos de combustíveis, farmácias e energias renováveis, poucas semanas depois de o Parlamento aprovar um pacote de medidas em favor da economia de mercado. Distribuição de combustíveis, serviços farmacêuticos e ópticos, instituições de […]
Read MoreThousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with raging flames. The neighbouring countries have been gripped by some of the worst forest fires in living memory over the past week, burning vast areas and forcing tens of thousands from […]
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Both Air France-KLM and Lufthansa said Wednesday they had submitted bids to acquire a controlling stake in TAP Air Portugal that is being re-privatised. The Portuguese government announced last September that it was seeking a major international airline to buy most of the 49.9 percent stake that it plans to sell. The two airline groups […]
Read MoreCuba moved to open crisis-ravaged parts of the state-run economy to private firms Wednesday, as the communist government struggles to ease acute shortages resulting from a US energy blockade. A lengthy decree lifted restrictions on a swath of sectors including petrol distribution, electricity generation, rubbish collection and the manufacture and sale of medicines. Amid a […]
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A US citizen is facing charges for allegedly supplying US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents with a passcode that erased the contents of his phone during an airport interrogation. Samuel Tunick, an activist in a campaign to stop construction of a police training center in Georgia, is accused of destroying evidence during the January […]
Read MoreGlobal K-pop sensation BTS said on Wednesday they will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, following the Recording Academy’s introduction of new categories that include the Best Asian Pop Music Performance. The South Korean megastars had been widely tipped to be in the running for several of the Grammys’ top honours, including […]
Read MoreGlobal K-pop sensation BTS said on Wednesday they will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, following the Recording Academy’s introduction of new categories that include the Best Asian Pop Music Performance. The South Korean megastars had been widely tipped to be in the running for several of the Grammys’ top honours, including […]
Read MoreBundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) will nach dem Wirbel um die Kabinettsumbildung seine Politik künftig besser erklären. Ein Schwerpunkt “auch meiner Arbeit” werde künftig “darauf liegen, zu gucken, dass wir zwischen Bundesregierung, Bundestagsfraktion und der von mir geführten Partei eine gute Kommunikation machen”, sagte Merz am Mittwoch in Berlin. Es gehe dabei um eine Kommunikation, “die […]
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